Gate of Hell Restored

In a new Criterion essay, film scholar Stephen Prince writes, “The restoration of Teinosuke Kinugasa’s Gate of Hell is an occasion for celebration, the reclamation of a great cinematic treasure from the dustbin of history, where it languished for many decades.” Check out images of Criterion’s sparkling transfer of a new digital master created from the 2011 2K restoration undertaken by the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd., in cooperation with NHK.

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